We don’t know how much Shawn Eichorst made as Miami’s athletic director because Miami, as a private institution, doesn’t release salary figures.

Nebraska announced it will pay Eichorst a base salary of $973,000, as the school’s athletic director. Eichorst resigned Thursday as Miami’s athletic director and will join Nebraska’s staff Tuesday as a special assistant to chancellor Harvey Perlman. He’ll take over the athletic director position Jan. 1 when Tom Osborne retires.

Osborne, conversely, had been one of the lowest-paid major-conference ADs at $277,969 annually, so this is a sizable bump. Not surprisingly, Eichorst’s contract also has a large buyout, beginning at $2 million for his first year.

Perlman said he interviewed two external candidates for the job. Eichorst toured Nebraska’s campus last month after coming to the Midwest for the Miami-Kansas State football game. Nebraska reached out to Alvarez during the vetting process and received a strong stamp of approval.

Eichorst obviously knows the Big Ten, and Perlman said league commissioner Jim Delany is very pleased with the choice.

Nebraska will introduce Eichorst at a news conference Tuesday in Lincoln.